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The closer seems to have gone into an overdetailed response to lots of moot points but missed the most important one. The closing admin didn't consider that the new refs added during the AFD hadn't been discussed at length - this would/could have negated many of the delete votes. A third relist with a note asking for input on the new refs would have been appropriate. That aside there was a numerical advantage to keep, to overcome this there'd need to be a very strong case for delete which i can't see. Desertarun ( talk) 09:02, 1 July 2023 (UTC) reply

• Endorse looks like a very reasonable close. If new sources were added to the article, at no time were those identified during the discussion (a request for the WP:THREE best sources was even ignored on the grounds that "it's an essay") and most of the late !voters went for delete as well, so they would have had the ability to review any new sourcing. Excellent close against the numbers. SportingFlyer T· C 09:53, 1 July 2023 (UTC) reply

The AFD started with 8 refs and finished with 20. The original nominator only looked at 6 of those refs. Without it explicitly being stated the new refs need examining it gives the impression that the article hadn't been recently improved. Desertarun ( talk) 10:06, 1 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Sorry, but those additional sources were discussed in the later stages of the discussion, without any sources demonstrably passing AfD. The mere fact sources were added doesn't invalidate the close - they have to demonstrate notability. SportingFlyer T· C 11:00, 1 July 2023 (UTC) reply

The new sources were discussed by me and one other. In an AFD with 20 separate contributors, that's too few. Desertarun ( talk) 14:44, 1 July 2023 (UTC) reply

• Note that I'd already accepted a request to restore the article in userspace in order for it to be used as the basis for an article on Nazara Technologies; said draft can be found at User:Lethweimaster/Sportskeeda-Nazara Technologies. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 15:00, 1 July 2023 (UTC) reply
• Endorse with no prejudice against recreation either as it’s own article or part of a larger article. Content has already been restored on userspace so no further action needed. Carson Wentz ( talk) 17:17, 1 July 2023 (UTC) reply
• The article has now been extensively edited in userspace. At the end of the AfD it was like this. Phil Bridger ( talk) 10:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC) reply